LORD GOLDSMITH'S CALL FOR GUANTANAMO BAY CLOSURE

Early day motion 2180, tabled 16 May 2006 by Diane Abbott (Labour). Signed by 69 members.

That this House welcomes the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith's, call for the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison camp; applauds Lord Goldsmith for joining the UN and the EU in highlighting the injustice associated with this camp; notes that hundreds of individuals remain held in a legal black hole, many with no access to the courts, legal counsel or family visits; believes that Guantanamo Bay, rather than being `an anomaly', has become an endemic symbol of the injustice, abuse and hypocrisy of the US Administration's `war on terror'; and calls on the Government to listen to its most senior legal officer's recommendation and put pressure on its American ally to close these facilities as fast as humanly possible.

Signatures by party: Labour 40, Liberal Democrat 23, Scottish National Party 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Conservative 1, Plaid Cymru 1.